The mini bus was carrying over 30 passengers when the accident occurred

At least 13 persons were killed on Friday, September 14, when a mini bus packed with passengers skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir.

The accident occurred at Dandaran, near Thakrai, when the driver of the mini bus, which was on its way to Kishtwar from the Keshwan area, lost control of it and the vehicle plunged into the over-300-foot gorge, near the Chenab river bed, on Friday, September 14, morning.

Heartfelt condolences with the families who lost their loved ones in a road accident in Kishtwar today. Would like toImpress upon the Divisional administration to launch rescue ops on war footing to evacuate the injured and provide them specialised treatment.

This is the third major accident in Kishtwar district in the last one month. While 13 Machail Yatra devotees were killed when their cab plunged into a gorge on August 21, seven persons were killed and 12 others injured when two vehicles were hit by boulders a day earlier.